Sunrise Pink Cow, Transparent Watercolor

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ART. The cow painting is now finished. This colorful piece is fun. The backlit cow turns away from the sunrise to look at us as though saying, "Good Moor-ning!" 

SUNRISE PINK COW

watercolor on Arches 140# cp paper

10x10 inches

© Vernita Bridges Hoyt 2011

This painting is available for purchase through The Back Room at my Etsy gallery. 

LIFE. Several years back my son gifted me with a set of Dr. Ph. Martin liquid watercolor paints. The paints are stored in little bottles and the cap contains a dropper for filling your palette. Actually, you don't fill the well of a palette—you only place a drop or two or three and add water to dilute the paint to the strength or weakness that you want to use on your paper. The liquid paints are concentrated in the bottle. 

Progress Image

I had not used these paints since right after they were given to me, so I decided I wanted to try them again. I am liking them much better this time. My artist son can capture the purest, brightest transparent pigments when he paints with the Dr. Ph. Martin liquid watercolors. I am not having such an easy time as he, but I can see that with practice I will become better with their application. So thank you again for the Dr. Ph. Martin paints, Sean!

You can click on the above image and view a larger version enough to see the palette closely and the painting of the cow. I added a few clouds in the sky since my last post. If you notice the palette, you'll see that I've only used five paint colors. I much prefer working with a limited palette on all my paintings. Talk with you tomorrow.

You can view my daily paintings at the Daily Painters Art Gallery.

Texas Beefmaster Cattle Watercolor Painting

"The Beefmaster" watercolor painting below was one of my earlier cow paintings.

The Beefmaster

Texas Beefmaster Breed
watercolor on 12x9 inch 140# Arches paper

After Mom's death in December 2005, I would ride out through the pasture with my 90 year old father (now 95) to check on his cattle. Dad would drive the Ford Explorer over pastureland, and I would take pictures of cattle from the passenger's seat. "The Beefmaster" was the first painting from our rides that continued over the next five years with him driving. He has laid down his car keys now.

The original painting is in my personal art collection but the image is available as a giclee print, and I have only two prints remaining. 

"The Beefmaster" print — $35.00 includes 10x8 inch giclee print and 14x11 inch double mat and backer board, ready to frame. This fine art print is so close to the original watercolor painting, you can hardly see the difference. The 10x8 inch image is printed on professional artist grade watercolor paper. The print comes matted with a backer board and is wrapped in a clear protective acetate for safe shipping. Shipping cost is included in the price, and you can use the PayPal button provided below for easy payment. If you prefer to purchase with a personal check, please click here.

The second print is on the same paper but is shipped with no mat or backer board — price $19.95 includes free shipping.

Be sure to include your shipping address whichever form of payment you choose to use.

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P007A Print w/ 14"x11" mat & backer $35.00 P007B Print 10"x8" no mat $19.95

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Off the Beaten Path

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson 

OFF THE BEATEN PATH
Pastel on 9x12 inch Jack Richeson Gator Board panel
© Vernita Bridges Hoyt 2011
available

The ART reference for this painting of cattle off the trail came from a May visit with Dad. One ritual for us has been that he would drive me around the farm to look at cattle, new calves, the hay patch, land rooted up by the feral hogs, or anything else that might be going on around the farm.  He would drive and I would take photos, lots and lots of photos. Little did I know that Dad would not be driving me after that last trip in May. He had a short hospital stay the first week of June, and yes, he has given up driving. Now I will have to get brave and drive him out in the pasture, up and down hills, across the narrow dam at the upper pond that is sandbarred and swampy with quicksand. Although my Jeep is made for off road driving, I wouldn't want to miss a wheel placement and fall into that quicksand as I round the corner to cross over the cattlebar and drive up that crooked hill. He had it down to a pattern and could have probably driven that trail blindfolded. I suppose we'll drive around on the county road to get to the other side of the farm instead of cutting across the levee.
... and LIFE goes on.

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Sunburned in Texas

Today's Quote: "All I can do is act according to my deepest instinct, and be whatever I must be--crazy or ribald or sad or compassionate or loving or indifferent. That is all anybody can do." --Katharine Butler Hathaway

WATERCOLOR ART. 
SUNBURNED IN TEXAS.  RESERVED on layaway for CP.
Red Beefmaster Cow and Calf
watercolor on Arches 140# cp paper
4x6 inches
$75

Daily Painting, postcard size

I hear rumors that original postcard paintings are popular and don't always make it through the mail to their intended destination. Lesson to be learned--mail in an envelope, or frame and hang.

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MOO ... a spotted cow

Today's Quote: "All real works of art look as though they were done in joy." --Robert Henri

WATERCOLOR ART.  

MOO
4x6 inch watercolor mixed medium
on Arches 140# cp paper

This was my daily painting. I added some white colored pencil highlights after the watercolor paint dried.

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Price: $75 USD
Or, send me an email 

LIFE.  MOO is an acronym I frequently use online meaning My Opinion Only. Maybe that's what the cows are saying when they "moooooo" at us.  Lots and lots of junk emails have been coming my way. You know, the viagra ones, etc. (as if I needed viagra). After those (or before) come the emails written in Chinese language (as if I could read them). Why would they think I would approve posting a comment written in a language I can't even read? Do the Chinese think we Americans are that stupid? I get really sick of all the junk emails, and today my email account was acting a little crazy so wondered if my account had been hijacked but hoped not. If anybody receives any strange email from TXsauce, please let me know asap. Thanks.

MOO.

Ripe Bananas.

RIPE BANANAS  •  8x8 inches • mixed media on Arches 140# paper 
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ART.  Ripe bananas need to be stirred into banana bread or moved on out of the kitchen, and like ripe bananas I have 21 ORIGINAL OIL PAINTINGS that need to be stirred around or moved on out of the studio.  I decided to make a banana bread with a SILENT AUCTION of paintings. This SILENT AUCTION will be held on a special page of MY PERSONAL WEB SITE.

Art is meant to be shared. Art has a personal meaning to both maker and collector. Each of my paintings has a story behind it. Email me if you want to hear the story behind the painting. You may find your painting in this collection.

You don't have to register to view. There are no forms to fill out.  Your offers will be made by email. All offers will be private.  Winning offers and winner names (unless authorized) will be kept secret.  The highest offer on any one painting will win that painting, and it is VERY POSSIBLE you will walk away with an original oil painting for only a few dollars.

The SILENT AUCTION begins on June 1st, ends on June 14th and WINNERS will be contacted privately via email on June 15th. You can search my blog for any of the 21 paintings to find the original list price.

Click here to PREVIEW the SILENT AUCTION paintings and see if a painting speaks to you. Please feel comfortable making an offer of any amount. This auction begins on June 1st and ends on June 14th which is Flag Day, and winners will be announced by private email on June 15th.

Thank you.

Birthdays, The Hobbit, The Art of Happiness, Walking in this World and Cattle

ART.  

Grazing for Breakfast 

© V. Bridges Hoyt 2010 

Beefmaster Cattle 

watercolor wash and line on Canson 185# archival paper 

5x7 in. image mounted in 11x14 in. double white-white mat 

detail of painting "Grazing for Breakfast" © V. Bridges Hoyt 2010

Purchase by credit card with the PayPal button below 

or contact Vernita to pay by personal check. 

artist@vbridgeshoyt.com  

$70 + shipping 

LIFE. Today I walked into the new used book store that opened just down the street. I was pleasantly surprised by

Available Giclee Prints

ART.  The art show started well on Thursday and Friday evening will be our Artists' Reception.  I am showing 21 originals and have a bin full of giclee prints and greeting cards.  Available prints include the following:

Garden Party
11x14 incl. mat
$25

Spirit Chief
8x10 incl. mat
$20

The Beefmaster
11x14 incl. mat
$25

The Dal-ephant

11x14 incl. mat

$20

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Work in Progress - Cattle Painting, western art, oil painting

We're down to the wire!

4 More Shopping Days

No time to dawdle

work-in-progress  © V. Bridges-Hoyt 2009

ART.  The beauty above is another cow out of my dad's herd.  
Oil painting on 9x12 inch gallery wrap canvas, 1-1/2 inch deep sides.
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Beefmaster Bull Calf, Livestock Cattle Art, colored pencil sketch

ART.  vbh-7080

This colored pencil study of a Beefmaster bull is another of my recent sketches. An impromptu sketch says worlds about an artist. This one speaks of my youth on the farm. Dad would always have a few named pets that stayed with us for a lifetime.

artist Vernita Bridges-Hoyt

Beefmaster Bull Calf

Bovine Study
5 x 5 in. colored pencil on Canson paper

$50.00

FRAMED

in black wood frame with mat and frosted glass border

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Select one: vbh-7080 original, unframed / framed

Unframed $40.00  With Frame $50.00

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Barnyard Full of Bull

The birthday painting is now complete. This is the Beefmaster bull calf that was in the barn lot last year. He would be grown now. Dad saw the unfinished painting on February 10. Now I can present him with the final version framed. 

I hope soon that I will find my muse again, or the muse will find me. She seems to have been off on a vacation somewhere in the sunshine while I worked my way through the cloudy days of winter. Aside from this one, the Dalmatian "Puppy Breath" and another Dachshund in Hat, I haven't painted much this year.

Saturday brought such a pleasant surprise. My Arkansas cousins, Lamar and Lynda, stopped by the studio. It was such a joy to visit with them again.
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I am hoping to get back to the daily painting routine soon. You can watch for my progress at the blog: One Painting a Day

Another Cow Painting: Beefmaster Bull Calf

I find many of my painting references when I visit the farm. This Beefmaster (a breed) bull calf stopped inquisitively and stared straight at my camera lens to make a great reference photo. On this painting I used a limited palette of terra rose, cadmium red, cadmium yellow, ultramarine blue, and a little white for accents.

This is one of my daily paintings and one of the farm series.

Beefmaster Bull Calf
5x7 in. oil on canvas

SOLD

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